Two dead, three injured in two-car collision near Corinth
Two teens died and three people were injured after a head-on collision between two cars in Corinthia, in the northeastern Peloponnese, early Monday morning.
Greece complains to Serbia over mortar cargo plane crash
Greece filed an official complaint with Serbia on Monday after a cargo plane carrying mortar ammunition crashed while attempting an emergency landing in northern Greece.
PM adviser, minister sue fringe newspaper over homophobic front-page
Two Greek government officials said on Monday they had sued fringe newspaper Makeleio over a homophobic front-page article which equated homosexuality with pedophilia and attempting to link them with an alleged trafficking ring involving Dimitris Lignadis, a prominent stage actor and director who was convicted last week of raping two men when they were minors.
Greece’s fur industry on the brink as EU sanctions on Russia bite
For decades, Antonis Disios’ workshop was abuzz with the sound of sewing machines stitching fur coats for his wealthy Russian buyers.
Patra, Rethymno, Achaia wildfires contained
Three major wildfires that were burning for days near the regions of western Greece, Achaia and Rethymno, Crete, had been largely brought under control by Monday afternoon, the Fire Service said.
A peek into Fassianos’ island getaway
Children draw in the courtyard of Alekos Fassianos’ studio on Kea. The island getaway of the renowned artist and stage designer, who died in January this year, has been opened to the public by the Alekos Fassianos Estate.
Greece to file démarche with Serbia over Antonov cargo
Greece will lodge a demarche with Serbia to protest the country’s failure to brief Athens about the dangerous cargo carried by the Antonov plane that crashed in northern Greece last Saturday, killing its eight crew members.
Working together for wildfire season
Romanian and Greek firefighters conduct a drill at the 6th Athens Fire Station, in Acharnes, north of the capital, in a photograph released on Saturday.
Greek lobby succeeds in US efforts
The recent passing by the US House of Representatives of an amendment sponsored by Representative Chris Pappas posing conditions to the sale of F-16 fighters and upgrade kits to Turkey was the latest in a string of successes for the Greek lobby in Washington.
Managing a city’s historical legacy
Amid the controversy over the remodeling of Eleftherias (Freedom) Square in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Giorgos Ioannou’s short story “The Elimination of the Jews,” from the collection “Our Own Blood” (Kedros Editions, 1980), is a must.